Module 7

The Cranial Base, Spheno-Basilar Junction, Pelvis, Venous Sinuses & Ventricles

Reading	Sills: Foundations of Craniosacral Biodynamics, Vol 2 Chapters 9, 11–12: Pelvic Dynamics, Cranial Base Patterns & The Venous Sinuses
Drawings	- Frontal Bone - Ethmoid - Maxilla - Vomer
Writings	Write a paragraph about your experience receiving sessions at the sphenoid, SBJ & Venous Sinuses. - What did you notice while receiving? - What impact or change did you notice from the session? - Were there any psychoemotional components of your history that were touched by this work on your head? What support did you need to integrate the work?
Tutorials	Tutorial #2 – See Email for assigned TA
Projects	Cranial Nerve Project: CN #5 – Trigeminal Nerve (3 Branches)
TA Check In	- Write up 4 practice sessions or call and discuss with your homework TA. - Report includes what you noticed initially, what you did in the session, any results or outcomes observed or reported, and questions that arose for you. - Make arrangements to contact your TA twice between now and the next module. - Please don’t wait until the week before the module.

Sections in Bold Green are required for BCST practitioner certification and to be able to register with BCTA/NA.

Listening at the body while BLSL is given as a perceptual guide for client/practitioner

Hold/Listen the feet – Massage the occipital ridge on the toes
O/A: Give firm contact until it softens – then move to listening
Massage the temporalis firmly
Modified cradle holding the cranial base (pinkie/ring on occiput; middle fingers on temporals; pointer fingers on temples)
Listen for shapes at the SBJ
Listen to the sphenoid – fingers on temples – listening for unwinding
Complete at the sacrum